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6. Why did strikes increase throughout 1917?

  • Because of rising prices and food shortages
  • Because of the Bolsheviks
  • Because of the Socialist Revolutionaries
  • Because of soldiers refusing to take orders

7. Who did Lenin believe would win the elections to the Constituent Assembly?

  • Octobrists
  • Bolsheviks
  • Socialist Revolutionaries
  • Kadets

8. What was the name of the revolt which weakened the Provisional Government?

  • Crimean Rebellion
  • Kornilov Revolt
  • Siberian Revolt
  • Kronstadt Rebellion

9. Who replaced Prince Lvov as Prime Minister

  • Kerensky
  • Rkov
  • Kornilov
  • Trotsky

10. How were many peasants treating their landlords

  • With kindness
  • With violence
  • With respect
  • With support

11. On what date was the provisional government officially deposed?

  • October 25th
  • October 29th
  • October 19th
  • October 22nd

12. What political party did the new Prime Minister belong to?

  • Socialist Revolutionaries
  • Mensheviks
  • Bolsheviks
  • Kadets

13. Why did Kerensky provide the Bolsheviks with weapons?

  • To protect Kiev
  • To protect Oslo
  • To protect Petrograd
  • To protect Moscow

14. What other political party also began losing the support of some peasants?

  • Bolsheviks
  • Kadets
  • Mensheviks
  • Octobrists

15. Which two leading Bolsheviks opposed Lenin's plan to seize power?

  • Zinoviev and Kamenev
  • Kirov and Lvov
  • Trotsky and Stalin
  • Bukharin and Rykov

16. Who did Kerensky release from prison in Petrograd?

  • Bolsheviks
  • Mensheviks
  • Russian Sailors
  • German Soldiers